Barn-door hanger.



W. M. KIRKPATRICK. BARN DOOR HANGER.

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Patented May 12, 1914.

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W. M. KIRKPATRICK.

BARN DOOR HANGER.

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BARN-DOOR HANGER.

To all "lo/10m it may concern Be it known that I, VVILLTAM M. IiIRK: ra'rnron, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Shelby, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barn-Door Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful. improvements in barn door hangers, and the primary object thereof is to provide a device of the type set forth which has improved means for enabling the door to be easily and quickly moved into open and closed position, and to form an air-tight connection with the door casing when moved to closed position, and further to provide means whereby the door may be opened by moving the upper end of the door outwardly away from the door casing and then up wardly with respect to the latter to disenthe lower end of the door from the means which hold said lower end in closed position, and means of operating the door mechanism from the outside or inside of the barn.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for preventing outward movement of the lower end. of the door during the sliding movements of the latter.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the present invention applied to a barn door; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the invention detached from the door; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1. the door being shown in open position; Fig. t is a section taken on the line 4l-4 of Fig. 1, the door being shown in open position, and Fig. 5 is a detail top plan view of the anti-friction roller that engages the door during the sliding movements of the same.

The horizontal. rail or track 1 is support ed by any approved means. from the barn or other structure. A pair of U-shaped brackets 2 are secured to the door 3, and are provided with bearings 4.- in which a rod 5 is rotata-bly mounted. Rollers 6 are journaled in hangers 7, the latter having their lower ends turned upwardly at 8 to provide lips which extend on the rear side of the track 1 to prevent disengagement of the hangers from the track. Each hanger has a depending perforated ear 9 at each end thereof, through which bolts or rods 10 are passed. Mounted on the rod 5 are two pairs Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 3, 1913.

Patented May 12, 1914. Serial No. 745,798.

of substantially L-shaped arms 11, which arms are rigidly connected at their lower ends to the rod 5 and have their upper end portions rotatably connected to the ends of the bolts 10 as depicted in the drawings. The upper extremities of the arms are cutaway or offset at 12 so as to engage the rear face of the rail or track 1, when the door is in locked position.

Rigid ly secured to the rod 5 by means of a set screw 13 is a curved arm 1.4L which is bifurcated at 15 to receive the curved upper end of a vertical bar 16, which upper end is pivoted to the arm 14 as shown. The upper end of the door 3 is slotted at 17150 receive the arm L1, and the rear face of the door is grooved at 18 to receive the bar 16. A link 19 is pivoted at 20 to the bar 1.6 and has its lower end curved outwardly and bifurcated at 21 and pivoted to the upper offset end of a radial. arm 22. The radial arm 92 has its inner end disposed in av slot 23 formed in the inner end of a barrel 24:, the arm 22 being retained in the slot by a key 25 which is received in a slot also provided in the inner end of the barrel. The outer end of the barrel 241; is also provided with a slot in which the inner end of a radial arm 26 is received, the outer end of arm 26 being bifurcated and hingedly receiving a hasp member 27 which latter is slotted to receive a staple 28 secured to the door. A bolt 29 passes through the radial arm 26, barrel 24L, radial arm 2:? and the key 25 whereby said parts are retained in their relative positions on the barrel 24.. The barrel is revoluhly mounted in a socket pro vided therefor in the door 3.

The door 3 is preferably provided with vertical end strips 30 which at their lower ends are beveled at 31, the beveled ends being for engagement with keepers 32 which are secured to the side of the barn adjacent to the door opening, one of said sides also being provided with a stop 33 to limit the extent of movement of the door when the latter is moved to closed position. The inner face of the door at the lower end thereof is provided with a horizontal guide strip 34 which is spaced from the inner face of the door and is for engagement with a vertical roller which latter is rotatably carried by a substantially L-shaped bracket 36. For the purpose of guiding the vertical movements of the bar 16, a strip 37 is secured to the door to extend across the groove 18.

The door is depicted in Fig. 1 in closed position and in order to open the same, the hasp 27 is moved outwardly about its hinged connection with the arm 26 until same is free of the staple 28, whereupon the hasp is moved downwardly and upwardly through an arc of 180 which effects partial rotation of the barrel 24:, and downward movement of the bar 16 by virtue of the arm 22 and link 19 that connect the barrel and bar. The stated movement of the bar 16 causes the inner end of arm let to move downwardly to the position shown in Fig. 2, and since said arm let is rigidly connected to the rod 5 the latter will be partially rotated with the result that the upper end of the door is first moved outwardly and then upwardly with respect to the hangers to raise the lower end of the door out of engagement with the keepers 32, whereby the door may be then moved to the left of Fig. 1, in which movement the roller 35 engages the strip 34L, as depicted in Fig. 4, and prevents outward movement of said lower end of the door. In closing the door, same is moved to cause the beveled parts 31 thereof to aline with the keepers 32, after which the hasp 27 is moved to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 with the result that the lower end of the door is first moved downwardly to engage the keep ers, after which the upper end of the door moves inwardly to enter the door casing. A

oad look not shown ma be oassed throu 'h the staple 28 to positively lock the hasp 27 and thereby the operating parts, against movement.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination with a door, a horizon tal rod rotatably connected to the front face of the door, a curved arm rigidly connected to the rod and having its inner end disposed on the rear face of the door, a track, hangers having crank connections with said rod, a vertical bar pivotally connected to the inner end of the curved arm, a barrel rotatably carried by the door, radial, arms connected to the inner and outer ends of the barrel, a link pivotally connected to the in- ,ner radial arm and to the bar, a hasp hingedly connected to the outer radial arm, and a staple carried by the. door to'engage the hasp.

2. In combination with a door and a horizontal rod rotatably connected to the front face of the door, a track, pairs of L-shaped arms mounted on said rod, hangers on the track connected to the upper ends of the vertical portions of said arms, said vertical por- Y tions of said arms having extensions which are for engagement with the rear face of the track to limit the extent of movement of said arms, and means to rotate the rod.

8. In combination with a door and a horizontal rod rotatahly connected to the door, a curved arm rigidly connected tothe rod and having its inner end disposed on the rear face of the door, a track, hangers having crank connections with the rod, a bar pivotally connected to the inner end of the curved arm, an operating member carried by the door, a radial arm on the inner end of said member, a link having an offset lower end pivotally connected to said radial arm, means for actuating said. member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

-WILLIAM M. KIRKPATRICK. Witnesses:

PEARL M. YUNCHER,

JOHN H. Coss.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patent Washington, I). G. 

